Regarding Rocker Cars:

You are perhaps wondering what I and my alter-ego (as it were) Adam drive. Perhaps you are not--I am almost certain you are not--but here it is. You may judge for yourself who is better off.

Josh: silver ‘83 Honda Accord .
Transmission: 5-sp.
Engine: running.
System: tape deck/four speakers-multiple speaker holes.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
I bought the “Silver Bullet” from the brother of the original owner shortly after the original owner died of cancer. It is a major smoke’s car, of course, which is ok because I like small, fresh-scented trees swinging all around me while I drive. It’s pretty much always run nominally, except for that time--just as the sun was setting--just as I was getting near (within a hundred miles) of a town. Oh well, hitchhiking 70 miles in the dark is easy for someone who can fake like they have to walk with their arms. Aesthetically my car is not what it used to be. I was telling the guy at Les Schwaab today that my car was the “race car” and he laughed--almost a “you poor dummy” laugh. I am not a dummy. I am a sucker however because my car has four dents in it and all of them have been put there by friends who have managed to maintain their third-grade fascination with karate. I could use a little money for that, thanks. Sucker.

Adam: tan ‘82 Datsan something or other.
Transmission: Irritable.
Engine: I-4.
System: “tape deck”/one blown speaker and one really blown speaker.

Adam didn’t buy his car at all actually. He got it from the girl who made mistake of letting him drive it. He wrecked it which resulted in the right side doors being smashed in. She said he could have it. Adam’s car, which we may call “Target” after the large red target the new owner has painted on the side, still drives but you have to get into it from the drivers side no matter where you’re sitting. It is a three speed. 0 while the brakes are firmly applied, 34 up hills, and 77 down hills. Adam did mention that he got a ticket--I think it was for going downhill in a 55. I don’t know, ask him. Adam’s car isn’t all bad however, it is the only car I know which can go forward, reverse or shop abruptly while in “N,” which I am told traditionally stands for “Neutral.”